Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-30 Thread Glenn English
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > This is the perfect lesson to remember that one should test restores > regularly. > > Couldn't we build this *into* amanda? Outstanding. I'd add it to amverify, though, and have the switch(es) in the configs turn amveri

Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-30 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:27:53PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Greets to all of you, > > as some of you may have noticed on amanda-users-ml I ran into trouble > when trying to restore data on an older server (and I am still in > trouble there). > > This is the perfect lesson to rememb

Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-31 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Glenn English schrieb: > Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > >> This is the perfect lesson to remember that one should test restores >> regularly. > >> Couldn't we build this *into* amanda? > > Outstanding. I'd add it to amverify, though, and have the switch(es) in > the configs turn amverify on and o

Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-31 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Jon LaBadie schrieb: > On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:27:53PM +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> This is a rough idea, and has to be discussed, sure. > > Top of the head things to consider: > > - may not be space to restore large DLEs Could be caught by "testrestore_tmpdir_size" ... > - assumi

Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-31 Thread Glenn English
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Jon LaBadie schrieb: >> - may not be space to restore large DLEs > > Could be caught by "testrestore_tmpdir_size" ... > >> - assuming the restore is done to the original client; >>right now the client is only aske

Re: Feature suggestion : test restore

2007-01-31 Thread Ross Vandegrift
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 06:02:58PM -0700, Glenn English wrote: > Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > Jon LaBadie schrieb: > >> - assuming the restore is done to the server; > >>the tools used to create the dump may not exist on > >>the server or be in different locations > > > An amanda-admin